The iDave legacy..

A difficult summer's seen me put on a bit of weight, so I'm going to knuckle back down on the diet.
Anyone got any new recipes/stories/alternative eating regimes?
Tales of magical weight loss?
And where is the man himself, these days?

Only long term healthy eating and exercise will lead to weight stability not some fad followed by the next followed by the next

Exactly right

That's kind of the point. iDave/4hr body/paeleo are long term plans rather than fads. They are entirely sustainable. It's amazing how easy it is not to eat starchy foods once you get your head around it and break out of tradition.

I never have starch with my meals any more, don't even think about it. My only weakness is sugar and cakes, whose prohibition is likey to be a feature of any healthy eating plan, to be fair

After a chat on here with Molgrips I've lost a stone and kept it off by:

Not eating 2 x per week before road bike intervals between breakfast at 7am an the intervals, cutting out booze from MOnday to Thursday and generally avoiding the purchase of any crap. If I have to eat on the move I buy fruit or nights and at the worst an Eat Natural bar.

Its not a huge effort as far as dieting efforts go, but I have found that my appetite has decreased, and it works for me.

In any case, I spent a few hours on Sunday night making soups and stews to bring with me to work, since I found a fridge. I only had enough room for three servings but that's ok. On that day I had a bean/meat salad from Tortilla.

Whatever the fook happened to iDave..? I missed that one, probably during my self-induced hiatus from STW - provoked by iDave-diet-induced ana-bulemia and an eventual six months of counselling.
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Glad he's gone though. This is a much nicer place now without that freakazoid... Oh, and I'm happier too..

That's kind of the point. iDave/4hr body/paeleo are long term plans rather than fads. They are entirely sustainable. It's amazing how easy it is not to eat starchy foods once you get your head around it and break out of tradition.

+1

The whole reduced carb/low GI diet is not a fad. It is a different way of eating and for me gaining a better understanding of what certain foods do to my body. I can't eat starchy food now it just tastes wrong!

In a few years time the official diet advice will change - you heard it here first!

That's kind of the point. iDave/4hr body/paeleo are long term plans rather than fads. They are entirely sustainable. It's amazing how easy it is not to eat starchy foods once you get your head around it and break out of tradition.

All diets are sustainable, just some require more focus and planning.

The most popular diets are ones that tell you good things about your bad habits, hence the popularity of Paeleo.

That's kind of the point. iDave/4hr body/paeleo are long term plans rather than fads

I think that was the opposite of iDave's plan, as least as he originally described it - he didn't present it as a long term dietary change but as tool for shedding weight as preparation, for instance, for a sporting event. Thats not to say it was necessarily faddy it was just a programme with a short term goal.